Motown

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“My mom was into Motown… my dad into the Mexican standards and jazz.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

"There's a thing I miss in in pop music today, which is that kind of Motown feeling, that classic feeling, that analogue feeling," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

"There's a there's a thing I miss in in pop music today, which is that kind of Motown feeling, that classic feeling, that analogue feeling," she told me last year.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

By 1972, Mr. Wonder had gained autonomy at Motown and was writing independently.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The Motor City, which hasn’t been dubbed Motown yet, becomes for a time the “Arsenal of Democracy.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides